most points by a player in a game on december 20

Kobe Bryant has put up the most points in a game on December 20, with 62 points against the Mavericks on December 20, 2005.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
2	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	55	12/20/2016	SAC	vs	POR	41	14	1	1	3	17	28	60.7	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	77.5	1	13	5	5	+3
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	12/20/1961	PHI	@	DET	48	19	0			24	47	51.1				7	11	63.6	53.0				0
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	23	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	12/20/1989	CHI	@	ORL	45	5	7	4	0	20	37	54.1	2	3	66.7	10	10	100.0	62.8	1	4	3	3
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
7	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	12/20/2004	PHI	vs	UTA	46	1	6	7	0	18	31	58.1	4	6	66.7	11	17	64.7	66.3	0	1	7	6	0
9	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	50	12/20/2008	GSW	@	CHA	46	2	5	0	1	14	26	53.8	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	73.7	0	2	1	2	+15
10	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	50	12/20/1994	LAL	vs	MIN	46	9	2	1	2	21	31	67.7	3	5	60.0	5	9	55.6	71.5	4	5	5	4
11	Vince Carter V. Carter	45	12/20/2000	TOR	@	IND	50	2	1	2	1	17	30	56.7	2	4	50.0	9	13	69.2	63.0	1	1	2	5	+7
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	45	12/20/2000	PHI	vs	UTA	47	3	1	4	0	15	34	44.1	0	4	0.0	15	18	83.3	53.7	1	2	6	3	+2
13	Larry Nance L. Nance	45	12/20/1987	PHX	@	SAC	45	15	3	3	7	17	25	68.0	0	0		11	14	78.6	72.2	5	10	8	4
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	12/20/1965	PHI	@	SFW	48	21	2			17	32	53.1				11	22	50.0	54.0				2
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	12/20/1964	SFW	vs	PHI	48	21	2			18	35	51.4				9	12	75.0	55.9				1
16	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	44	12/20/2016	BOS	@	MEM	38	3	6	2	1	10	16	62.5	7	10	70.0	17	17	100.0	93.7	0	3	1	1	+9
17	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	44	12/20/2010	GSW	vs	HOU	42	1	7	3	0	15	20	75.0	3	4	75.0	11	14	78.6	84.1	0	1	3	4	-8
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	44	12/20/2002	LAL	@	PHI	52	4	10	1	2	16	35	45.7	2	5	40.0	10	10	100.0	55.8	0	4	5	4	-4
19	John Drew J. Drew	44	12/20/1978	ATL	vs	NYK	33	6	1		0	18	27	66.7				8	10	80.0	70.1			5	4
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	12/20/1972	MIL	vs	POR	41	21	6			21	27	77.8				2	2	100.0	78.9				2
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	43	12/20/2008	MIA	@	NJN	38	4	5	2	2	13	22	59.1	1	3	33.3	16	18	88.9	71.9	1	3	5	2	+7
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	43	12/20/1988	POR	@	DEN	42	8	3	3	2	17	29	58.6	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	65.2	3	5	0	3
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	43	12/20/1983	SAS	@	WAS	49	8	2	1	0	20	33	60.6	0	0		3	7	42.9	59.6	4	4	3	4
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	12/20/2002	BOS	vs	MIN	45	14	4	4	1	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	16	18	88.9	63.8	1	13	6	1	+9
25	Ricky Davis R. Davis	42	12/20/2002	CLE	@	DET	50	8	7	3	1	13	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	14	15	93.3	66.5	1	7	2	2	-1

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